Mecopoda fallax, 2019

Liu, Yun-Fei, Shen, Chu-Ze, Gong, Pu, Zhang, Ling & He, Zhu-Qing, 2019, Three new species of genus Mecopoda Serville, 1831 from China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae), Zootaxa 4585 (3), pp. 561-572 : 571

2.4 M. fallax He sp. nov.

Holotype: male, CHINA, Yunnan, Mangshi , 30-iv-2018, coll. He Zhu-Qing.

Paratypes: 1 female, CHINA, Yunnan, Pu'er, Taiyanghe 24-iv-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan, Menglun 19-x-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan, Dehong, Ruili , 14-viii-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing.

Description. This species is very similar to M. hainanensis ( Fig. 2D ), but the forewing is parallel in lateral view (the forewing of M. hainanensis is narrow in basal half and wide in apical half in lateral view).

Female. Similar to male. Ovipositor straight ( Fig. 2E ).

Coloration. Nearly brown. 0-2 black spots on the base of forewing. In same individual, the number of the black spots on left and right wing may be different.

Etymology. The name fallax is used to emphasize its similarity to M. hainanensis .

Measurements (in mm). Male: SZ 59.38-74.41, PR 7.47-9.53, FW 51.60-63.30, HW 54.21-66.23, HF 38.10- 48.26; Female: SZ 67.47, PR 7.8, FW 57.3, HW 60.61, HF 48.18, OV 26.64.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Song. The song is continuous with 0.572± 0.004s cycle repeatedly ( Fig. 5C ).

Note. This species is only found from Yunnan, China. In Mangshi (Dehong, Yunnan, China), we found this species was sympatric and synchronous with M. elongata elongata .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Mecopoda spp. from China. A-C: M. elongata elongata, DE: M. fallax sp. nov., FG: M. niponensis, HI: M. hainanensis sp. nov., J: M. mamorata sp. nov.

FIGURE 5. Calling songs of Mecopoda spp. from China. A: M. elongata elongata, B: M. niponensis, C: M. fallax sp. nov., D: M. hainanensis sp. nov.